Forget face recognition, retinal scans of fingerprint technology – vein authentication is where it's at, according to Sony.
The company has unveiled Mofiria, which the company is calling: "Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology". Not sure about the caps, but it makes the technology seem very important in the press release.
The new tech was unveiled in Tokyo this month, so expect it to come to the UK never (where's our Bullet Train?).
Vein authentication
Sony has created the authentication system as a way to protect networked products from prying eyes.
The technology works in the following way: "Vein Authentication uses a unique method where a CMOS sensor diagonally captures scattered light inside the finger veins, making a plane layout possible.
"As a result, a small and more flexible design can be realized in building this technology into mobile devices."
Sony is claiming that the identification system is fool-proof as it uses the veins inside the finger. Unlike finger prints, which can obviously be cloned. Or did we just see that in an episode of Mission: Impossible once?
Sony hopes to implement the Mofiria technology into mobile devices this year, so maybe our previous statement of seeing it'never' was a little harsh.
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paul
February 3rd 2009
7. The technology is now "fool-proof" :)
Paul, TechRadar
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tonghao
February 3rd 2009
6. I hope the technology is "full-proof".
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jpett
February 3rd 2009
5. The problem with this and all biometric authentication is you are walking around exposing your "password" to everyone, everywhere you go and once it is compromised it is impossible to ever change it unlike most other passwords. Not to mention the false positives which means the floor model is always less reliable than the demo device. Biometrics are only good for Hollywood movies.
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red456
February 2nd 2009
4. this "new technology" isn't remotely new, i can remember the old BBC science programme "tomorrows world" showing this during the mid 80s
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joshgreen1121
February 2nd 2009
3. 3. Severing a victim's finger would be useless, as that would stop the flow of blood through the vein, causing it to not be authenticated.
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jagibbo
February 2nd 2009
2. Ok, but severing off the target victim's finger is still an effective means of authenticating. This technology would only keep undetermined thieves honest.
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yasmin
February 2nd 2009
1. I want to know, whether the technology is 'full-proof' or fool proof?
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